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‘Every Year Was Better; The Fourth Was the Turning Point. It Was Just Wonderful To Be Able to Farm That Way Again’
by Roger Blobaum If you’re wondering whether large family-type farmers can kick the chemical habit and still grow plenty of food profitably, you should see the three organic operations just north of State 33 near Fremont in eastern Nebraska. These up-to-date farms cover more than 1,300 acres of some of the most productive land on…
Read MoreNebraska Experiment Station Leader Outlines Details of Midwest’s First Organic Farming Trials 1972-1975
By Roger Blobaum Setting up some alternative crop management plots at an agricultural field laboratory hardly qualifies as a major research event. But to Midwest organic farmers, accustomed to getting the cold shoulder from agricultural college researchers, it ranks as a significant breakthrough. A report on these new plots by Dr. Warren W. Sahs was…
Read MoreIowa Farmers Report Organic Methods Guarantee Good Crops in Drought Years 1972-1975
By Roger Blobaum Although Southwest Iowa has had two dry summers in a row, the operators of a rolling 720-acre farm near Tabor hardly noticed the drought as they harvested good corn and soybean crops both years. “Our corn last year, despite the drought, made 90 bushels an acre,” Adolph Codr reported. “We have corn…
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